ce353: VLSI Design

Course Information

Schedule of Topics and Lecture Notes

Exercises

Exams

Last updated: Sunday, September 09, 2007

Course Information

Instructor: Shaahin Hessabi (E-mail: hessabi@sharif)

TA: Mohammad Aghatabar (E-mail: aghatabar@ce.sharif)

Prerequisite: ce312 (Digital Electronics) and ce231(Digital Systems Design)

Textbook: Modern VLSI Design: System-on-Chip Design, 3rd edition, Wayne Wolf, 2002, Prentice-Hall.

Lecture Time: Sundays and Tuesdays: 3 to 4:15 PM

Credits: 3 Units

Grading: Grade will be based upon:
               exercises and projects (30%);
               Quizzes (30%)
               Final exam (40%)

For passing the course, three conditions must be met:
    a) obtaining at least 40% of final exam's maximum grade;
    b) obtaining at least 40% of projects' maximum grade;
    c) obtaining at least 50% of total grade.

Tentative Schedule of Topics

Chapter	Topics (Lecture Notes)	Tentative Lecture Date
1	*Digital Systems and VLSI*	Week 1
2	*Fabrication and Layout*
	Basic Fabrication Steps and Layout	Week 2
	Transistor Characteristics	Week 3
	Wires and Vias, Parasitics	Week 4
	Design Rules, Stick Diagram	Week 4
3	*Combinational Logic*
	Combinational Logic Gates, Static Complementary Gates	Week 5
	Transfer Characteristics, Delay and Power, Driving Large Loads	Week 6
	Wire Delay, Switch Logic	Week 7
	Pseudo NMOS, DCVSL, Domino families	Week 7
4	*Combinational Logic Networks*
	Layout, Simulation	Week 8
	Managing the Delay of Combinational Networks	Week 8
	Transistor Sizing	Week 9
	Interconnect Design (Cross talk, Power Optimization)	Week 10
	Switch Networks, Combinational Testing	Week 10
5	*Sequential Circuits*
	Memory Elements	Week 11
	Clocking Disciplines	Week 12
	Sequential Machine Design	Week 13
	Sequential Testing	Week 13
6	*Subsystems*
	Shifters and Adders	Week 14
	Memories and Datapath	Week 14
7	*Floorplanning*
7	Power/Ground and Clock Routing	Week 15

Exercises

Posted by TA.

Exams

Quiz 1: Tuesday, 4th of Ordibehesht, in class, from Chapters 1 and 2
Quiz 2: Tuesday, 18th of Ordibehesht, in class, from Chapters 2 and 3
Quiz 3: Tuesday, 25th of Ordibehesht, in class, from Chapter 3 (CHAP3.4) and 4 (CHAP4.1 – CHAP4.3)
Quiz 4: Tuesday, 1st of Khordad, in class, from Chapter 4 (CHAP4.4 – CHAP4.5) and Chapter 5 (CHAP5.1)
Quiz 5: Sunday, 13^th of Khordad, in class, from Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

Final exam:
Exam is closed-book and covers the following sections from the text book:
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 except pp. 50-86, 95-102
Chapter 3 except pp. 121-126, 154-179
Chapter 4 except pp. 219-225
Chapter 5 except pp. 288-297,301-307
Chapter 6 except pp. 314-318, 330-341, 351-356
Chapter 7 (only pages 386 to 391 is required)

Office Hours

Saturdays and Sundays: 1:30-3 PM, Mondays: 10:30 -11:45 AM
Please make an appointment if consultation at a different time is needed. hessabi@sharif.edu

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